LATERAL SLIP OF MERIDIONAL STRUCTURAL BELTS IN CHINA

In the past, meridional structural belts in China were mostly described as purely compressional and tensional, but in recent years there have been found evidence to show they have undergone some lateral slip. In west China, they are mostly dextral, and in east China, they are dominantly sinistral. The overall result of such a gliding regime points to a southward movement of the China.